283. Flying Friends: a calming meditation and story for kids

The Sparkling Train introduces Dragon to the airplanes. It's nice to have some friends to fly with! Hello everyone!  We hope you enjoyed our new story this week. Now, welcome to Favorite Friday! Sometimes we like to listen to our favorites again. Please enjoy “Flying Friends” and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Male Story Begins: 8:07 Flying Friends Excerpt: Dragon gazed at the red-orange sun through the leaves and branches of the trees in the forest. It sank lower and lower in the sky until it completely disappeared.  Dragon felt all fluttery in its belly knowing that tonight the train would introduce it to the planes at the airport.  The dragon always felt a little fluttery in the belly when meeting someone new.  Would the planes be friendly? Taking a deep dragon breath in and out Dragon realized that if the train said that the planes were friendly, they probably were.  Feeling reassured, the dragon headed to the train’s forest platform.   As the dragon approached, the sparkling train whistled to tell Dragon that it was time to go.  The whistle was also the signal that the people had all left.  Cautiously the dragon climbed up to the train’s platform.  When the sparkling train saw Dragon it smiled and said, “There you are! Are you ready to meet the planes?”  Dragon shrugged its shoulders and took a deep dragon breath in and out.  The flames showed butterflies dancing in the dragon’s belly. “I understand.  You feel nervous.” the train said, “Does it help you to know that the planes are excited to meet you? They’ve been asking me when you’re coming every time I go past the airport.”  Dragon nodded, feeling relieved to know that the planes were looking forward to their meeting.  “They really are very nice.” the train added, its doors whooshed open, and the dragon stepped aboard. Today’s Meditation: Happiness and love flow through you in this meditation. Looking for stories that emphasize acceptance, understanding, and empathy? You'll find them on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Magical Chair" paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments. You can search for stories by Learning Message, Character Type, or Narrator Type on our Episodes page. To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team, please visit our About page, or check out our FAQs. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 3 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and an extra episode each week! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? We hope your child loved “Flying Friends" We ask for your positive reviews to help others find us, too! Please leave a 5-star review on your favorite podcast app (such as Apple Podcasts). And, please follow, like, and/or share our social media profiles (